INSPECTOR SHIVKALI DHURVE vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~81 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 11260/2025 & CM APPL. 46299/2025, CM APPL. 46300/2025 INSPECTOR SHIVKALI DHURVE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. M.D. Jangra, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Siddharth Khatana, Adv. with Mr. Vinod Sawant, Law Officer, CRPF, Insp. Athurv, and Mr. Ramniwas Yadav, CRPF CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 31.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner in this writ petition is aspirant for the post of Assistant Commandant (GD) in the Central Armed Police Forces1. She underwent the selection process but was disqualified at the stage of physical medical examination on the ground of insufficiency in height. The petitioner is member of the Scheduled Tribes, from states in North East. 2. With consent of learned Counsel, as the issue is covered, the petition is taken up finally. 1 “CAPF” hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 11260/2025 Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 4 KUMAR Signing Date:01.08.2025 18:18:55 3. The grievance of the petitioner is that she was assessed on the basis of a height requirement of 162 cms, which stands relaxed in the case of the ST candidates from the North East to 154 cms. This, she submits, stands affirmed by a judgment dated 13 August 2024 of a Division Bench of this Court in Inspector TD Cyril Mimin Zou v UOI2. The said decision followed an earlier judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in Tholu Rocky v Direction General CISF3. 4. For ready reference, we may reproduced paras 15 to 21 of the decision in Cyril Mimin Zou, thus: “15. In the present case, the petitioner is an aspirant belonging to the ST category hailing from the State of Manipur. The Ministry of Home Affairs vide its notificati